Thread: Clauss USMC question

As a former marine, I would really like to have a Clauss USMC razor. I keep checking the bay and a couple days ago I saw this one listed.
Vintage WW2 USMC Clauss Straight Razor w/ Box Excellent - eBay (item 160343070028 end time Jun-26-09 18:20:00 PDT)

My question is: This razor has USMC etched/engraved on the blade itself, not stamped on the tang like the others I have seen.

Can anyone shed any light to this? A later USMC, perhaps? The listing states WWII era.

Another member here, (Leighton?) has had a few and noted that they were around the Spanish War and WWI era, if memory serves me correctly.

I'm wondering if this is an authentic USMC razor. Any knowledge passed on will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Kevin

Here is a link to the one I snagged way back when there is some info in that thread hope it helps....

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...proud-one.html


BTW here is the info I have on the company

CLAUSS
Elyria, Ohio: ca. 1878-1887
Fremont, Ohio: ca. 1887 - present

Mine does not have USMC on the blade either. I have not touched it since acquiring it from eBay. Someday I will make it shave and shine again!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Here is a link to the one I snagged way back when there is some info in that thread hope it helps....

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...proud-one.html


BTW here is the info I have on the company

CLAUSS
Elyria, Ohio: ca. 1878-1887
Fremont, Ohio: ca. 1887 - present

Originally Posted by Croaker

Mine does not have USMC on the blade either. I have not touched it since acquiring it from eBay. Someday I will make it shave and shine again!

Thanks for the inf...hang on a second......sorry, just had to wipe up some envy drool from the desk ..........gotta go.

Kev

There were two Clauss USMC razors. The ones with the USMC on the blade are usually in much worse shape, and the ones with the USMC on the tang tend to be much cleaner, with mint examples fairly common. My belief is the ones with the USMC on the blade were made for the build-up for the spanish-american war andthe phillippines campaign, and the ones with USMC on the shank were made for WWII.

I don't have hard data to back this up mind you - just that the marines have always run on a shoestring budget and the only two events that I can think of that would have been big enough to provide them with a budget for thousands of USMC-marked razors and would also have occurred at the right time for the stylistic details on those two razors.

Originally Posted by mparker762

There were two Clauss USMC razors. The ones with the USMC on the blade are usually in much worse shape, and the ones with the USMC on the tang tend to be much cleaner, with mint examples fairly common. My belief is the ones with the USMC on the blade were made for the build-up for the spanish-american war andthe phillippines campaign, and the ones with USMC on the shank were made for WWII.

I don't have hard data to back this up mind you - just that the marines have always run on a shoestring budget and the only two events that I can think of that would have been big enough to provide them with a budget for thousands of USMC-marked razors and would also have occurred at the right time for the stylistic details on those two razors.

Thank-you. My memory failed me again. It was your response to another thread that I was thinking of. Well, I'll keep an eye on this one and see how it goes.

Someday I'll have one. If not this one, there'll be others.

Cheers,

Kevin

As I look closer at the listing, it looks to me as though there is some flaking of something on the edge below the M and C. Are my eyes deceiving me, or is this a point of concern?

Kevin

Not a great pic but the bevel looks OK to me.

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SEMPER FI
i didn't know such a razor was out there

i now need one

Originally Posted by L R Harner

first
SEMPER FI
i didn't know such a razor was out there

i now need one

Hear, Hear!!


Kev 78-86